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   I Was Lured into Monsanto’s GMO Crusade. Here’s What I Learned(undark.org)

   3 points by perseuswiki 7y ago|0 comments
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   by perseuswiki 10y ago

   more supplementary readings: "SILENT RISK :NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB" ( pdf ) http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/SilentRisk.pdf and "Taleb: The Intellectual Yet Idiot" https://medium.com/ince
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   by perseuswiki 10y ago

   >What I see is people who have a fundamentally emotional position and think that study will validate them. >They will continue to want more study until their fears are validated, and every result that fails to do so only feeds their f
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   by perseuswiki 11y ago

   Sometimes alternative medicine = more care and evidence based medicine = less care "Researchers find placebo combined with more care is better than a drug alone." http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/04&#x
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   by perseuswiki 11y ago

   on the other side: thelancet: "Offline: What is medicine's 5 sigma?" http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-67... "The case against science is straightforward: much of